Quality Assurance Manager Food Processing Expert

SAMWEL OGERO NYARIBO

FOOD SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL

Tel; 071******* **********@*****.***

Highly seasoned and conscientious food manufacturing professional with over 8 years’ experience in manufacturing quality, compliant and durable products. Robust skills in supervision, leading, and directing tasks for optimal productivity. Effectively performs quality control tests to ensure customer specifications are met and manages quality control documentation. Proficient in reviewing systems, maintaining and monitoring. Expert in factory operations. My core objective is to be an asset through provision of efficient production quality assurance & compliance expertise that will contribute to success of any organizations entrusting me with this opportunity.

Exceptional breadth of food industry experience and manufacturing procedures.

Excellent ability to maintain high levels of productivity.

Strong food manufacturing skills.

Solid understanding of health and safety rules.

Close familiarity with the tools, concepts and methodologies of quality management.

Excellent grasp of current quality assurance and control principles and programs.

Ability to effectively lead, coach and develop a work team to accomplish operational objectives.

Track record of achieving all quality KPIs.

Ability to establish and maintain acceptable quality levels for all assigned products.

Knowledgeable in all aspects of factory and supply chain management.

Ability to interpret and develop reports including standard operating procedures.

Ability to develop new procedures and processes to improve production accuracy.

Ability to verify all work schedules and follow proper documentation rules and policies and procedures.

Bachelor of Science (Food Processing & Technology): Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology-2016.

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education: Enkinda Secondary School-2011

Quality Assurance Coordinator Frigoken Limited March 2022 to Date

Duties and Responsibilities

Ensuring production and processing area adhere to GMPs.

Carrying out effective labor projection, requisition and utilization within our department.

Carrying out RCA for customer complaints.

Advising the Production team on the quality of raw material received.

Assisting QAM in ensuring product conformance, retort verification and positive release of frozen and canned products.

Conducting internal audits on FSMS.

Handling departmental staff attendance and any disputes that may ensue within the department.

Advising the Production team on the KPI and ensuring we operate within annual budget.

Ensuring compliance to ISO 22000:2018, BRC, IFS & OHS and other standards that the company is a signatory.

Taking part in NPD & allocating duties to QA staff

Training Employees on Food safety and hygiene.

Taking part in SHEQ Strategy and management systems programs.

Monitoring the handling of raw material from reception to dispatch to ensure compliance with standard operating procedures.

Managing food recall procedures and addressing any food safety concerns.

Ensuring maximum utilization of available stocks using the FIFO policy.

Developed, implemented, monitored and enforced food safety and quality assurance standards/ bench marks to ensure standards and confirming products in the market.

Developed, implemented and updated Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for quality assurance and production.

Ensured that intensive and thorough cleaning and sanitation of the factory before and after production.

Quality Assurance Supervisor VEGPRO Kenya Limited Jan 2019 to Feb 2022

Duties and Responsibilities

Assisting Premium/Prepared Manager in ensuring product safety, quality and legality is achieved.

Ensuring all working procedures, temperature control, traceability, process control are compliance with HACCP.

Training staffs in PRPs, OPRPs and other food safety measures.

Ensuring that correct raw and packaging material are used during production as well reporting any deviation for CAPA to be taken.

Ensuring that suppliers and vendors meet both company and regulatory standards of food safety.

Advising management on product safety and quality requirements as per SOPs.

Taking part in internal audits, supplier audits to ensure compliance with stakeholders.

Giving a daily detailed summary of shift operations and achievements

Ensuring quality control documentation is completed and up to date.

Carrying out Process flow and CCP monitoring.

Ensuring pack house workers are familiar with customer’s specifications.

Ensuring positive release system is adhered to.

Carrying out routine hygiene inspection of the factory environment to ensure that our products are safe.

Ensuring high GMP standards.

Quality Officer Nyayo Tea Zone Development Corporation Jan 2018 to Dec 2018

Duties and Responsibilities

Carrying out inspection of Greenleaf quality and Greenleaf Data Analysis.

Training staffs on FSMS, GMPs, and GAP & EPA.

Monitoring the production facility and staffs to ensure compliance to GMPs

Writing weekly report on production trends per block for supervisors and appraising them on block plucking round planners.

Streamlining farm operations and keeping farm managers informed on their daily progress and areas to improve.

Visiting field blocks to inspect tea husbandry practices.

Ensuring all duties in the farm are conducted as the OSHA and available company policies.

Liaising with farm managers to ensure timely harvest of tea and delivery to the factory.

Helping the zone manager in preparation of annual budgets.

Handling Greenleaf Quality Complains from the factory.

Assisting the Zone Manager in meeting the Zone targets.

Carrying out organoleptic analysis of processed tea leaves in the fact

Quality Controller Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute June 2015 to Sep 2015

Trained SMES on food safety and various food processing technologies.

Monitored, evaluated and reported of daily activities conducted by the SMES.

Ensured quality of products processed by SMES.

Dehydrated vegetables, checked moisture content for the final product and packaged them.

Made finished products from; tomatoes, bananas, pineapples and passion fruit (Tomato jam, juice, nectar etc.)

Developed quality reports every week.

Greenleaf Clerk, Unilever Tea Kericho, April 2013 - Sep 2013.

Global Standard For Packaging Material Issue 6 to 7 Conversion for Sites-BRCGS –Jan 2025

Internal Auditor BRCGS- Nov 2024

Waste Management and Circular Economy Cause-UNITAR -2024

Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9(Lead Auditor), BRCGS-Jan 2024

Highfield Level 3 International Award in Effective auditing and Inspection, Voice of Quality Management Systems-2024

Health and Safety Committee Training, SHEQ Management Systems Limited -May 2023.

BRCGS, FSSC 22000 & Internal Auditor, Farm Produce Technology Limited-June 2023

Principles of Internal Auditing, NSF International-July 2023

Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9(Sites Training), BRCGS-June 2023

Understanding FSSC 22000 For Food Manufacturing V6, NSF-July 2023

Root Cause Analysis for Food Businesses, Food Standards Agency-May 2023

Food Allergy and Intolerance Training, Food Standards Agency-April 2023

Food Safety Management Systems/HACCP, Egerton University-February 2016

Committee Member; Health and Safety Team-FKL.

Member; Food Safety Team-FKL

Mr. Isaac Ongera

Production Manager, Frigoken Limited

Tel: 072*******

Email:***********@*****.***

Miss-Ann Matende

Quality Assurance Manager, Vegpro Kenya Ltd

Tel: 072*******

Email:*****-*****@******-*****.***

Mrs. Evelyne Ambe

Zone Manager, Nyayo Tea Zone Development Corporation -Nairobi

Tel:072*******

Email: ************@*****.***

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